Joe MAPHIS
Guitariste US né le 12 mai 1921, originaire de Suffolk (Virginie), Joe Maphis a fait ses débuts en duo avec sa femme Rose à la fin des années quarante. Multi-instrumentiste super doué, il joua avec Larry Collins et Ricky Nelson. Joe enregistra en solo chez Columbia Records et fut le pionnier de la guitare à double manche. Il était un chanteur régulier au Town Hall Party (KTTV, Compton, Californie). Joe Maphis est mort en 1986.
DISCOGRAPHIE
Singles & EP
| 05/1956 | SP COLUMBIA 4-21518 (US) | Joe MAPHIS (King Of The Strings) - Guitar Rock And Roll (instr.) / Teenage Two Step (instr.) |
| 1957 | EP COLUMBIA B2141 (US) | Hurricane (instr.) (Joe MAPHIS & Larry COLLINS) / ? |
| 03/1959 | SP COLUMBIA 4-41353 (US) | Short Recess (instr.) / Moonshot (instr.) |
| 07/1960 | SP REPUBLIC 2006 (US) | Water Baby Boogie (instr.) / Black Sombrero (instr.) |
| 08/1964 | SP STARDAY 683 (US) | Hot Rod Guitar (instr.) / Lonesome Jailhouse Blues |
| 05/1967 | SP DOMINION 105 (US) | Thunder Road (instr.) / Spanish Dobro (instr.) |
| 1969 | SP CHART CH-5029 (US) | Joe & Rose Lee MAPHIS - Gee Aren't We Lucky / Guitar Happy |
| 1970 | SP CHART CH-5074 (US) | Joe & Rose Lee MAPHIS - Run That By Me One More Time / I Don't Care |
| 1971 | SP CHART CH-5122 (US) | Joe & Jody MAPHIS - Sippin', Pickin', Fiddlin' / If I'm Gonna Have Your Lovin' |
Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-2102 (US) |
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MERLE TRAVIS AND JOE MAPHIS - Corrine Corrina / Big Midnight Special / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Bayou Baby / Guitar Rag / Blast Off / When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / West Coast Blues / Main Street Breakdown / Picture On The Wall / Kentucky Waltz / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
| 1971 | LP12" CHART 1042 (US) |
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GUITARATION GAP - (Joe & Jody MAPHIS) - Guitaration Gap / Fire And Rain / If I Kiss You; Sippin' / Pickin' And Flippin' / Celito Lindo / Scruggin' It / Lookin' Out My Back Door / Ride, Ride, Ride / The Letter / Billy In The Low Ground |
| 1981 | LP 12" BRYLEN BN 4465 (US) |
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DOWN LIFE'S HIGHWAY - (Johnny DOLLAR & Joe MAPHIS) |
| 1982 | LP 12" CMH 4901 (US) |
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COUNTRY GUITAR THUNDER - (MERLE TRAVIS & Joe MAPHIS) - Ballad Of Thunder Road (Theme From Bonanza) / Nashville Jubilee / Green River / Lonesome Road Blues / Black Mountain Rag / Freight Train / I Don't Love Nobody / Free Little Bird / Liberty / Little Rock Getaway / Flying Fingers / Mose Rager Blues / Wildwood Flower / Alabama Jubilee / John Henry / Already Gone / Li'l Liza Jane / Irish Washerwoman / Eight More Miles To Louisville / Crossroads (Cross Road Blues). |
| 1983 | LP 12" BRYLEN BN 4567 (US) |
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VOLUME 2 - (Joe & Jody MAPHIS) |
| 1983 ? | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15106 (D) |
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ROCKIN' ROLLIN' - LARRY COLLINS & JOE MAPHIS - Hurricane (Larry COLLINS & Joe MAPHIS) / Early American (Larry COLLINS & Joe MAPHIS) / The Rockin' Gypsy (Larry COLLINS & Joe MAPHIS) / Bye, Bye (Larry COLLINS & Joe MAPHIS) / Flying Fingers (Joe MAPHIS) / Guitar Rock 'n Roll (Joe MAPHIS) / Tennessee Two Step (Joe MAPHIS) / Fire On The Strings (Joe MAPHIS) / You've Been Gone To Long (Larry COLLINS) / One Step Down (Larry COLLINS) / Hey Mam Boom A Lacka (Larry COLLINS) / Wild And Picked Love (Larry COLLINS) / What About Tomorrow (Larry COLLINS) / Pied Piper Poodle (Larry COLLINS) / T. Bone (Larry COLLINS) / The Rebel Johnny Yuma (Larry COLLINS) |
| 03/2005 | CD SUNDAZED SC 9011 (US) |
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COUNTRY MUSIC'S TWO GUITAR GREATS - (MERLE TRAVIS & Joe MAPHIS) - Corrine Corrina / Big Midnight Special / Bayou Baby / Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down / Guitar Rag / Blast Off / When It’s Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / West Coast Blues / Mainstreet Breakdown / Picture On The Wall / Kentucky Waltz / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
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